Math 1100-001
Quantitative Analysis

Syllabus

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                                             Thursday Evenings @ 6:00 PM  3rd Floor LCB

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Homework
Mathematica Commands

Logging into MATHEMATICA on Math Server:
1.  Get an account set up through the Math Department in the Math Tutoring Center.
2.  Use a Math Department Computer to access the Math Server (use the computer lab in the Tutoring Center).
3.  Log into your account.
4.  To call up Mathematica on your computer, type "mathematica" or "mathematica  &" in the xterm window on your screen.
5.  Mathematica should come up on your screen as a blank document (similar to that of a newly opened microsoft word document).
6.  Get your pallate through the File menu.
7.  Now you are ready to do your work.....input your first command!

Here is a sample notebook:  Mathematica Help for Homework 1
Using Mathematica to find Limits:  Mathematica Help for Homework 3
Using Mathematica to Calculate Derivatives using the Definition:  Mathematica Help for Homework 3 1/2

EXAM 1: February 11th
    Topics:  Supply & Demand, Profit, Limits, Continuity, Derivatives (By Definition), Differentiability, Tangent Lines (The Major Ideas)
    Exam 1 Review Sheet
    Exam 1 Solutions
Quiz 1:  February 23rd
    Topics:  Derivative Rules
    Quiz 1 Solutions
EXAM 2: April 1st
    Topics:  First Derivative & Second Derivative (definitinon & meaning in context of business applications), Optimization (First and Second Derivative Tests), Implicit Differentiation, Related Rates
    Exam 2 Review Sheet
    Exam 2 Solutions
EXAM 3: April 25 th
    Topics:  Finding Indefinite and Definite Integrals, IVP, Differential Equations (Separation of Variables), Area
    Exam 3 Review Sheet
    Exam 3 Solutions
Review Packet:  Due Wednesday, May 4, 2005
    Instructions given during class.  Come see me for a copy if you need one.
FINAL EXAM:  Wednesday, May 4, 2005        8:00 - 10:00 AM

     Sample Problems